Dessert classic

BookPage cooking column by Sybil Pratt

Piece of Cake by Maggie Mayhew, comes in the same small format, gift-friendly package, with 43 recipes that remind us how simple traditional cake baking can be and how much joy the finished product can induce. There are celebrations cakes like the unbeatable Baked Alaska Birthday Cake, all-time family favorites such as Lemon and Poppy Seed Cake, Cinnamon Swirl Tea Bread, Dark Chocolate Chunk Brownies and many more satisfying sweets that bring back the good old days.